Could not append message to Sent if the sending folder is not named Sent

[TornaxO7]

So I'm testing some stuff currently and when I tried himalaya write, this happened:

Could not append message to `Sent`
 ↳ No Response: Folder doesn't exist. (Failure)

But: If I look into my gmail account, I cann see my mail under the Send mailbox. So doesn't that mean that this error message is wrong?

This is my ~/.config/himalaya/config.toml:

name = "Sambalakuja"
downloads-dir = "~/"
default-page-size = 50
signature = "I use Arch btw"
watch-cmds = ["mbsync -a"]

[gmail]
default = true
email = "Sambalakuja@gmail.com"

imap-host = "imap.gmail.com"
imap-port = 993
imap-login = "sambalakuja@gmail.com"
imap-passwd-cmd = "pass show sambalakuja@gmail.com"

smtp-host = "smtp.gmail.com"
smtp-port = 465
smtp-login = "sambalakuja@gmail.com"
smtp-passwd-cmd = "pass show sambalakuja@gmail.com"

[soywod]

It may be because of the ~ in the downloads-dir. As described in the wiki, you need to put the full abs path. See also #102.

[TornaxO7]

I changed it to this:

name = "Sambalakuja"
downloads-dir = "/home/tornax/Downloads"
default-page-size = 50
signature = "I use Arch btw"
watch-cmds = ["mbsync -a"]

[gmail]
default = true
email = "Sambalakuja@gmail.com"

imap-host = "imap.gmail.com"
imap-port = 993
imap-login = "sambalakuja@gmail.com"
imap-passwd-cmd = "pass show sambalakuja@gmail.com"

smtp-host = "smtp.gmail.com"
smtp-port = 465
smtp-login = "sambalakuja@gmail.com"
smtp-passwd-cmd = "pass show sambalakuja@gmail.com"

But the error still exists.

[soywod]

So I guess it comes from the Sent folder from the IMAP server. When you run the command himalaya mbox, do you see the Sent mailbox?

[TornaxO7]

That's what I get if I run himalaya mailboxes:

�[1m�[4m�[37mDELIM �[0m�[38;5;8m│�[0m�[1m�[4m�[37mNAME              �[0m�[38;5;8m│�[0m�[1m�[4m�[37mATTRIBUTES                 �[0m
�[37m/     �[0m�[38;5;8m│�[0m�[32mINBOX             �[0m�[38;5;8m│�[0m�[34m\HasNoChildren             �[0m
�[37m/     �[0m�[38;5;8m│�[0m�[32m[Gmail]           �[0m�[38;5;8m│�[0m�[34m\HasChildren, \NoSelect    �[0m
�[37m/     �[0m�[38;5;8m│�[0m�[32m[Gmail]/All Mail  �[0m�[38;5;8m│�[0m�[34m\All, \HasNoChildren       �[0m
�[37m/     �[0m�[38;5;8m│�[0m�[32m[Gmail]/Drafts    �[0m�[38;5;8m│�[0m�[34m\Drafts, \HasNoChildren    �[0m
�[37m/     �[0m�[38;5;8m│�[0m�[32m[Gmail]/Important �[0m�[38;5;8m│�[0m�[34m\HasNoChildren, \Important �[0m
�[37m/     �[0m�[38;5;8m│�[0m�[32m[Gmail]/Sent Mail �[0m�[38;5;8m│�[0m�[34m\HasNoChildren, \Sent      �[0m
�[37m/     �[0m�[38;5;8m│�[0m�[32m[Gmail]/Spam      �[0m�[38;5;8m│�[0m�[34m\HasNoChildren, \Junk      �[0m
�[37m/     �[0m�[38;5;8m│�[0m�[32m[Gmail]/Starred   �[0m�[38;5;8m│�[0m�[34m\Flagged, \HasNoChildren   �[0m
�[37m/     �[0m�[38;5;8m│�[0m�[32m[Gmail]/Trash     �[0m�[38;5;8m│�[0m�[34m\HasNoChildren, \Trash     �[0m

Here's as an image:

Interestingly I get this, if I do himalaya mbox:

error: The subcommand 'mbox' wasn't recognized
	Did you mean 'mbox'?

If you believe you received this message in error, try re-running with 'himalaya -- mbox'

USAGE:
    himalaya [OPTIONS] [SUBCOMMAND]

For more information try --help

I guess that it's due to the [Gmail]/ part that it can't recognize the Sent directory.

[soywod]

In fact I should take the folder that has the attribute \Sent instead of taking the one named Sent. I will see how to do this when I have some free time. Thank you!

[TornaxO7]

Ok, so it looks like that there's a general problem to with gmail accounts:

A draft was found:
(e)dit, (d)iscard or (q)uit? e
(s)end, (e)dit, (l)ocal/(r)emote draft or (d)iscard? r
Could not append message to `Drafts`
 ↳ No Response: Folder doesn't exist. (Failure)

This time, the mail couldn't have been sent (at least I can't find it anywhere in my gmail account).

[soywod]

Yes, I guess there is a general problem about names. I think I should take mailboxes depending on the attributes rather than just names. It's really strange that nobody open an issue yet about this problem, it is quite important !

[hao-lee]

Does this problem have a workaround now?

[hao-lee]

The workaround is change all imap_conn.append_msg("Sent",...... to imap_conn.append_msg("[Gmail]/Sent Mail",...... in file src/msg/cli.rs.

[TornaxO7]

The workaround is change all imap_conn.append_msg("Sent",...... to imap_conn.append_msg("[Gmail]/Sent Mail",...... in file src/msg/cli.rs.

Well you're actually right with that, but this would only work for Gmail-accounts. I'm currently writing on a little refactor and can take this problem afterwards. But I have to wait for @soywod first.

[TornaxO7]

Hm... I'm a little bit unsure, how we should solve this, because: How do we know that a mailbox is the mailbox which should store all mails which are sent? Someone could name it as MyMailsWhichIJustSentYeet or someone else as MySendingsLOL.

Should the user apply a "mapping" in the config file to decide which mailboxes should be treated as what?

[soywod]

The role of a mailbox can be known thanks to its attributes:

DELIM │NAME                  │ATTRIBUTES              
.     │Sent                  │\HasNoChildren, \Sent   
.     │Notes                 │\HasNoChildren          
.     │Archives              │\HasChildren                    
.     │Archives.Work         │\HasNoChildren          
.     │Archives.Shopping     │\HasNoChildren          
.     │Archives.Admin        │\HasNoChildren          
.     │Archives.Health       │\HasNoChildren          
.     │Trash                 │\HasNoChildren, \Trash  
.     │Junk                  │\HasNoChildren, \Junk   
.     │Drafts                │\Drafts, \HasNoChildren 
.     │INBOX                 │\HasNoChildren

It could be nice to check the specs, but it seems that there is universal attributes at least for Drafts, Trash, Junk and Sent. INBOX seems to be the exception.

[sbromberger]

Should the user apply a "mapping" in the config file to decide which mailboxes should be treated as what?

Is this something that might be able to be done as a stopgap solution? Right now I can't use himalaya to send emails via gmail. (It's working really well for reading them though.)

Just FYI, the same issue exists for the drafts folder, I think.

[soywod]

As discussed here #226 (comment), the manual mapping remains the most viable solution. I will try implement the solution ASAP and let you know!

[soywod]

The folders INBOX, Sent and Drafts are now customizable (which should fix this issue). The feature will be added to the next release!